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For the most part, ###### city seems better off with ###### blind-eye policy. In Bogota, graffiti ###### can work in daylight and ###### without police harassment. This allows ###### the time to create large, ###### murals, said Christian Petersen, an ###### artist who does guided tours ###### the city's street art.]]>
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Too Cozy With Graffiteros?

Mayor Gustavo Petro ###### called graffiti a way "to ###### social segregation." To encourage it, ###### offered grants to artists to ###### in neglected areas and public ######.

"Art is also for the ###### and the humble," he said ###### as he inaugurated a mural.
"###### a way to overcome our ###### by looking at these colors ###### beauty."]]>